12. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires- " assets and liabilities " means assets and liabilities in and outside Sri Lanka, and includes movable and immovable property ; "child " means-
| (a) a child who Is unmarried and under eighteen years of age; or |
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| (b) a child who is eighteen years of age or over but is dependent on his or her parent or parents, and includes a step-child or a child who has been adopted under the Adoption-of Children Ordinance ; |
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" Commissioner of Local Government " includes any Deputy Commissioner of Local Government and any Assistant Commissioner of Local Government; " local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council ; " prescribed " means prescribed by regulation ; " public corporation " means any corporation, board or oilier body which was or is established by or under any written law other than the Companies Ordinance with capital partly wholly provided by the Government by way of grant, loan or other form, and includes all " scheduled institutions within the meaning of the Bribery Act and such other institutions or bodies of persons as may be prescribed by regulations under section 10 ; "staff officer " means-
| (a) in the case of any employee of the Government or a local authority, any officer holding any office the initial of the salary scale of which is not less than Rs. 6,720 per annum; and |
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| (b) in the case of any employee of a public corporation any officer holding any office the initial of the salary scale of which is not less than Rs. 7,200 per annum. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts